Public Policy & Legal
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Judge Extends Nexstar-Tegna Merger’s Temporary Restraining Order
DirecTV and a group of state attorneys general are suing to block the $6.2 billion deal, which would create a local TV station giant reaching 80% of U.S. households
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Diddy’s Legal Team Questions Severity of 4-Year Prison Sentence in Appellate Court: ‘Exceptionally Difficult Case’
Sean Combs’ lawyers argue that the disgraced music mogul was sentenced to four times the typical punishment for his crimes
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Ketamine Dealer in Matthew Perry Case Gets 15-Year Sentence
Jasveen Sangha, AKA “The Ketamine Queen,” pleaded guilty last year to giving drugs to the late actor in 2023
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Jeff Shell Out as Paramount Skydance President
The media giant has been conducting an internal investigation into claims brought against the executive by whistleblower and Las Vegas gambler R.J. Cipriani
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Matthew Perry’s Stepmom Asks Court to Give ‘Heartless Woman’ Jasveen Sangha the Maximum Prison Sentence
“The pain you’ve caused to hundreds, maybe thousands, is irreversible,” Debbie Perry writes
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Lindsey Buckingham Attacker Charged With 7 Counts Including Stalking, Threats and Assaults Over 5 Years
The woman, 55-year-old Michelle Dick, allegedly threw an unknown substance on the former Fleetwood Mac singer last week
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Italy Ruled Netflix’s Price Hikes Are Illegal. Will the Rest of the EU Follow? | Analysis
“Europe is now the real legal risk for Netflix’s pricing model,” one expert tells TheWrap
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Lil Nas X’s Assault Charges to Be Dropped If He Continues Mental Health Treatment, Obeys All Laws
L.A. Judge Alan Schneider determined that the rapper’s assault charges were inconsistent with his normal conduct and related to his bipolar diagnosis
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TMZ’s Harvey Levin Believes New Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note Is Legit, Despite FBI Not Pursuing | Video
After a period of inactivity, the digital news site received a new ransom note the morning Savannah Guthrie returned to host “Today”
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Melissa Gilbert Defends Husband Timothy Busfield Amid Child Sex Abuse Charges: ‘100% Confident He Will Be Exonerated’
“I trust him with my children’s lives, with my grandchildren’s lives, my nieces and nephews,” the actress insists on “GMA”
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Netflix Must Reimburse Subscribers in Italy After Years of Unlawful Price Increases, Court Rules
“We take consumer rights very seriously and believe our terms have always complied with Italian laws and practice,” the streamer insists
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Blake Lively Urges Public to Not Be ‘Distracted by the Digital Soap Opera’ of Her Justin Baldoni Legal Saga
“The constant packaging of this lawsuit as a ‘celebrity drama’ is not only irresponsible, but it is by design: to keep you from seeing yourselves in my story,” the actress writes
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Cinema United Urges State AGs to Scrutinize Paramount-WBD Merger
“The stakes of this deal could not be higher for our members and the future of the U.S. film industry,” Cinema United CEO Michael O’Leary says
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State AGs Are Pushing Back Against Media Consolidation. Is It Too Late?
Experts told TheWrap that Nexstar-Tegna’s temporary restraining order could embolden the states to pursue a legal fight against Paramount-Warner Bros.
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